Networks of Exchange: Indian Ocean

What some specific examples of the technological causes of increased trade along the Indian Ocean?

• caravenserai, flying cash and banking houses

• lateen sails, maps, compass and dhow ships

• compass, astrolabe, maps and camel saddles

• dhow ships, maps and saddles

What were the major items traded along the Indian Ocean Trade Route?

• gold, slaves and porcelain

• silk, porcelain, paper and gunpowder

• gold, slaves and spices

• gold, salt, slaves and ivory

What role did the Swahili civilization play in Indian Ocean Trade?

• The controlled the gold mines in the interior

• They were the middle-man between the people in the interior of Africa and the Arab merchants in India.

• They abducted slaves to be sold on the coast

• The created banking houses and accepted bills of exchange

How was Islam diffused to West Africa?

• through conquest by the Turks

• through trade by Arab merchants

• through trade by Chinese merchants

• Expansion of the Abbasid empire

Swahili civilization was influenced by which of the following cultures?

• Chinese

• Bantu

• European

• Indian

How did the spread of Islam affect Indian Ocean commerce?

• Islamic religious leaders decreed that Muslim merchants could have no dealings with non-Muslim traders.

• Early rulers of the Arab Empire promoted trade within the empire by banning trade beyond its borders.

• Islamic rulers were suspicious of merchants and succeeded in shutting down all trade on the Silk Roads.

• Muslim merchants and sailors established communities of traders from East Africa to the south China coast.

Routes through the Indian Ocean trade route were dependent on the sailors having knowledge of what environmental factor?

• Spring flooding

• Monsoon Winds

• Ocean currents

• Summer droughts

Based on the maps and your knowledge of world history, which of the following best describes the effect of the spread of Islam on Indian Ocean trade?

• It led to the expansion and intensification of commerce along already existing trade routes.

• It led to the disappearance of previously established trade networks.

• It led to an expansion of land-based caravan trade but also to a decline of maritime trade.

• It led to the first creation of trade links between previously isolated world regions.

Based on the content of the inscription, Adityawarman’s Malayapura kingdom most likely participated in the communication and exchange networks of the

• Swahili city-states and the Arabian Peninsula

• maritime eastern Indian Ocean trade

• overland Silk Roads

• islands of Polynesia

The map indicates that

• Mali was a major source and hub of the gold trade

• slavery existed in the western Sudan

• Europeans had begun to make inroads in West Africa

• Mali remained isolated from Europe and the Middle East